Ok guys i just got a 1996 ram 2500 on a steal of a deal guy said it has a blown head gasket and is mixing oil into the coolant. This is the first diesel i have owned personally but im always wrenching on my fathers 6.0 Theres no doubt in my mind that can do it. Hopefully you guys can give my some tips to help me along the way. My biggest question is can i pull the head with the engine in the truck

 

Yea you can pull the head without pullin the motor, it also could be the oil cooler, and make sure the KDP is taken care of.

 

Yep you can pull the head pretty easy with it in the truck but like tire man said it can also be the oil cooler...

 

Whats the best way to test it to be sure excatily what it is

 

get a coolant pressure tester and pump it up to 15 PSi and see if it bleeds off..

 

But if it's the cooler or the HG it's gonna bleed off right ?

 

DOP!!!!! yea your right.... hmmmmm....

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Im gonna lean torwards a Headgasket because I realy never hear of a failing oil cooler gasket.. But they can fail too. Take a look at you oil cooler for anything obvious its where the oil filter is mounted to... Other than that, guess you gonna have to take one or the other off. Have you checked you oil for coolant also???

 

Yea ill check as soon as i get it towed to my house, hopefully it doesnt becuse im going to need to put new bearings in it if it does right?

 

Depends how much its been ran with coolant in oil if hardly I wouldent worry to much..